JOrge Sosa

Jorge Sosa is a Mexican-born composer, currently residing in New York City. The Boston Globe described the score of his opera, Monkey A Kung Fu Puppet Parable, as “agile and entertaining, as befits such a journey” and praised the “seductive slow number sung by… Mara” and “a crackling vocal duel between Guan Yin and Mara.” Opera News described his telematic opera, Alice in the Pandemic, as “wildly imaginative, musically powerful and technically courageous” and commended “Sosa’s broad stylistic palette (which) incorporated lyrical impassioned melodies, kooky carnival music, and efficient recitative”. The Music Blog “I Care if You Listen” described Sosa’s opera, I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams, as “well-balanced to the story’s narrative, and his vocal writing aroused strong emotional peaks and valleys, magnified by the characters’ impassioned performances.” Both works were commissioned and premiered by White Snake Projects.

Jorge was selected as resident artist for the Opera ATX Residency for Latinx Creatives, and will be in residence with Austin Opera in 2025. During the 2023 season Jorge premiered the puppet opera, Monkey, with libretto by Cerise Jacobs, commissioned by White Snake Projects in Boston and the comic opera, The Beehive, with libretto by Melisa Tien, commissioned by the University of Northern Iowa. In 2023 Jorge’s opera, I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams, received its third production by Tri Cities Opera and Syracuse Opera. In 2022 and 2023 Jorge was a finalist for The Atlanta Opera 96 Hour Opera Project. Jorge was a guest artist at the 2023 Music Mexico Symposium Mexican Music hosted by the University of Houston, where his works for band “Son Pa’ La Banda” and “Descarga” were premiered alongside his “Pequeño Concierto” for Horn, Guitar, and String Quartet, commissioned by Johanna Lundy and the Borderlands Ensemble. In 2022 Jorge premiered the opera scene, Samiir’s Feast, commissioned by White Snake Projects, as part of their “Let’s Celebrate” production. Jorge is an Associate Professor at Molloy University and currently serves on the board of American Lyric Theater, of which he is an alum of the Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP). Jorge’s music is available on all the major music download sites and at www.jorgesosa.com.